Revolution in Egypt - Military imposes Martial Law & Curfew

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4 people killed so far, many detained. the government shut down Twitter in the country which was used to organize the riots. wait till the secret police get a hold of the organizers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12284649

Egypt appears to have clamped down on web services, such as Twitter, that have been used to help organise anti-government protests in Cairo.

Twitter confirmed that its service has been blocked in Egypt on Tuesday from around 1600GMT.

A Swedish mobile video site called Bambuser also reported that it had been blocked around the same time.

However, the Facebook page used to co-ordinate many of the protests has remained online.

Facebook has not said whether it has implemented any technical measures to keep the site up and running but a spokesperson said that it was "seeing consistent levels of traffic".

The social network, which has more than 600m users, recently was forced to intervene when it emerged that political protest pages in Tunisia were being hacked and passwords stolen, seemingly at the behest of the former government.

The site implemented a series of technical measures to counter the attacks, including encrypting all requests for the site from within Tunisia.

'Right to protest'

Details of the blocks in Egypt began to emerge on Tuesday afternoon, as thousands of people joined a "day of revolt" against the government of President Hosni Mubarak.

Initially it was unclear whether state authorities were blocking internet access or if mobile networks were simply overloaded by the numbers of people gathering in the streets.

The BBC's Jon Leyne, who is in Cairo, said the protests like this in Egypt were rare

Twitter were at first unwilling to comment, instead directing people towards Herdict, a website created by a group at Harvard University, which collects reports of websites that are down.

The site has seen a small spike in the number of reports about Twitter from Egypt.

But overnight, Twitter issued a statement..

"We can confirm that Twitter was blocked in Egypt around 8am PT today. It is impacting both Twitter.com and applications."

The block had previously been confirmed by BBC readers and telecom operator Vodafone Egypt, which sought to reassure customers that it was not responsible.

"We didn't block Twitter - it's a problem all over Egypt and we are waiting for a solution," it said.

Some Twitter messages - many tagged #jan25 to show they were in support of the demonstrations - seemed to have got through via text messages and some third-party applications.

Bambuser, a service that allows people to stream live video from a phone to a website or a Facebook page, also said that it had been hit by the ban.

"We are working hard to ensure access resumes for the Egyptian community and stand by them in their quest for the right to protest," it said.

Street ban

In support of the protests, a collective of online "hacktivists" known as Anonymous claimed to have taken down the Egyptian interior ministry's web page.

Anonymous came to prominence for its cyber-attacks on the websites of companies it deemed to be anti-Wikileaks.

It has since turned its attention to supporting the protests in Tunisia and Egypt.

The group uses so-called "denial-of-service" attacks, that seek to swamp websites with large volumes of traffic, until they are knocked offline.

The group was one of many that also offered advice to the protesters on how to evade blocks on sites and services.

However, some sites appear to have escaped the block.

Google-owned video sharing website YouTube, which has been used to share film of the protests, has seemingly not been blocked.

Protesters are also turning to other digital tools to help.

For example, a map has been set up by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, for people to report arrests, and harassment during the protests.

The digital blocks come as the government issued a ban on street protests.

Public gatherings, protests and marches are all now prohibited, the country's official news agency reports.
 
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Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt...looks like a pattern watson

People are waking up, and it's on the wrong side of the bed. Unfortunately there are casualties but

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson

Truly this news brings a smile to my face and a sense of hope things will change. It's right on time too, isn't that right surprise (Mayan Calendar).

I hope it takes a boat/plane ride across the pond.
 
^^When Goodmen such as yourself stand to defend their freedoms, that's when the seed of hope germinates into results.
 
We should grow some balls collectively and bring our own corrupt gvmnt down, not so much the canadian gvmnt, specifically the cancer that operates in quebec.
 
ils ont eu assez des dictateurs qui suivent les ordres US...cela va etre plus fort que la revolution tunisienne cest sure
 
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kuB4Vz4xlI"]YouTube - Egypt Cracks Down On Protesters[/ame]

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sur la video du gars qui soppose au camion, la femme crie : tes un HOMME !

LOL, agreed.

I just find it retarded that people are so dumb in "protest". If you're going to protest come prepared. I mean you don't have to use them, but it's better to have and not need than to need and not have.

1) Molotovs. Do not leave home without them. They could have all the gear they want, they're never impervious to fire. It creates a sense of fear especially if one of theirs goes down by one.

2) Nails or nail boards for vehicles immobilization. Stand in front (for assured results) or don't even need to, place them where they will be run over and wham they now have a useless metal cage. If the vehicle can still be used stationary set it on fire.

3) Personal armor. You might look stupid but anything that will give you protection, wear it. Motorcycle helmet, jock strap, heavy gloves. Anything to help soften the blow of a melee weapon, bean bag/rubber bullets and general bodily harm.

Last thing is strategy. Stand together or fall alone even if you are a group of 10 if you collectively work together you're going to be that much more effective. Most of the time it's just a mob with a general collective goal but no real teamwork.
 
LOL, agreed.

I just find it retarded that people are so dumb in "protest". If you're going to protest come prepared. I mean you don't have to use them, but it's better to have and not need than to need and not have.

guess what, all what you asked is taking place now, it was just a matter of time till more people join the protests ^^, things are getting worst i think
 
No pity.

Do the Egyptien elite have Canadian citizenship like the Ben Ali family? If yes, they can immigrate to Quebec and live off the social network of Quebec.
 
guess what, all what you asked is taking place now, it was just a matter of time till more people join the protests ^^, things are getting worst i think

:D

See usually I wouldn't be for chaos and disruption however as many people now see the system we have is fucked. It is so bad you can't just fix it with a budget cut or law. From mayhem can spawn a whole new system from fresh ground.... we just need the right people to implement it or else the ones with money and power are just going to come knocking again.
 
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